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What do systematic reviews say?

7 questions · 7 findings · 1 reviews · Anaesthesia

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Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Mortality in hospital or up to 30 days · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

Epidural pain relief showed no clear difference in mortality in hospital or up to 30 days compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.06 [0.6, 1.86]
14 studies · 1383 participants
Low

Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Myocardial infarction · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

Epidural pain relief probably leads to lower myocardial infarction compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.54 [0.3, 0.97]
7 studies · 851 participants
Moderate

Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Duration of tracheal intubation · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
8 studies · 975 participants
Low

Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Respiratory failure · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

Epidural pain relief probably leads to lower respiratory failure compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.69 [0.56, 0.85]
6 studies · 861 participants
Moderate

Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Gastrointestinal bleeding · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

Epidural pain relief leads to lower gastrointestinal bleeding compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.2 [0.06, 0.65]
4 studies · 487 participants
High

Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Pain (VAS scores) on movement at postoperative day 1 Scale from: 0 to 10. · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 162 participants
High

Epidural pain relief vs systemic opioid‐based pain relief

Length of critical care stay (hours) · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural pain relief versus systemic opioid‐based pain relief for abdominal aortic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 523 participants
Moderate